Prayers, Paws & Providence (The Tales From Grace Chapel Inn Series #16) [Hardcover]

Diann Hunt (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 238 pages
• Publisher: Guideposts Books; Guideposts Exclusive edition (2005)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000BF0QN0
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,438,437 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I've been happily married forever, love my family, chocolate, my friends, chocolate, my dog, and, well, chocolate. When my husband and I were faced with the empty nest, I rolled up my sleeves and started writing. I entered a dream world, and I'm still dreaming--so please don't wake me.

God is first place in my life with family and, okay, chocolate following closely behind.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE BEST of Grace Chapel Inn Series, June 10, 2010

By 

Harold Wolf "Doc" (Wells, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prayers, Paws and Providence (Center Point Premier Fiction (Large Print)) (Hardcover)

A fun and heart-warming story, taking place in snowbound winter at Acorn Hill, PA, a country berg where joy & friendship abound. The story conveys the community's charm right to the bread baking and fireplace chats. The primary activity takes place at Grace Chapel Inn, a B&B owned by the 3 Howard sisters (Jane is 50, Alice & Louise 60-something). And Aunt Ethel, next door, doesn't act her age either.

The primary plot is when nurse, Alice, seeks help for Paula, age 32, who suffers seizures. There is lots to learn between the events of this story about service dogs--they're not all seeing-eye variety. But the dog is not the main focus, it's the wonderful people you meet in Acorn Hill through this winter tale. The story is enough to melt a snowman's heart.

Several sub-plots keep this book moving at as fast a clip as the weather fronts. The local pastor struggles while seeking a convention speech topic, there's new direction in store for the Sandersons (B&B guests), Auntie's bread class, an attempt to teach cat Wendall a trick, and light suspense from the ongoing mystery of a stray dog with a red collar.

The townsfolk are all charming and pray before meals. Four letter words in this book mean: 'knit', 'food', and 'bark.'

Animal lovers will enjoy this, but it really is about people issues, and taking risks, and new beginnings, helping others, and wonderful answers to prayer. Some delightful Christian fiction that's not just for the senior group, but there is an abundant supply of over-the-hill-er's doing good deeds in Acorn Hill these days.

I've avoiding telling you anything about how all the plots join in a fast climax. I don't want to spoil the fun for readers. Personally, I was thrilled with the end.

The author, Diann Hunt, did Guidepost's 'Grace Chapel Inn Series' a wonderful writing job. WELL DONE. FUN. G-rated, for Godly and good.

I enjoyed, being a 60+ senior myself, the large print edition.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Paws, Prayers and Providence, January 2, 2010

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Deborah Crouse "Deb" (Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prayers, Paws & Providence (The Tales From Grace Chapel Inn Series #16) (Hardcover)

This book deals with just what it says. How with time and patience cats and dogs can be trained. Even to the point that they can be used for medical purposes to help people out that need assistance but don't want to lose their independence. This will cause you to chuckle and to give you some idea as how some problems are bigger than they appear and can be solved in the most unusual ways.

Very interesting.